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New York Times, Friday, November 18, 2005

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : They're made by running water
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 224 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 93%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/18/5 ( No. 20,464 )
Across
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Alpha particle emitter : RADIUM
7
Admitted guilt for : PLEDTO
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Slips : ERRATA
14
Not for real : ILLUSORY
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Fenced-in area : STALAG
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Mrs. Lovett's pastries in "Sweeney Todd" : MEATPIES
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Letters at a launch : USS
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Jelly Roll Morton genre : HOTJAZZ
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"Gimme ___!" : DAT
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First name in spydom : MATA
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Big wheel at a supermarket? : GOUDA
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1970's baseball All-Star ___ Colbert : NATE
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"I Still See ___" ("Paint Your Wagon" song) : ELISA
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Wall St. market, briefly : ASE
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Broadcast network : AIRER
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Unattached : FOOTLOOSE
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Jitters : ABUNDLEOFNERVES
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Mode of travel pointed in two directions : CANOE
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New Testament book: Abbr. : ROM
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Be still, at sea : LIETO
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Sticking point? : CRAW
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Cornball : HOKEY
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Organ teacher's field: Abbr. : ANAT
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It's tied in back : OBI
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They're made by running water : RAVINES
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Tognazzi of "La Cage aux Folles" : UGO
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Headphone wearers : RADIOMEN
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Tries to get the hard-to-get : CHASES
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It may be French or Italian, but not German : DRESSING
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Latin word usually abbreviated with a single letter : CETERA
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Whipper-snapper? : SADIST
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Admiral at Guadalcanal, 1943 : HALSEY
Down
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A lot of copy shop business : RESUMES
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Discount oil source : ARTSALE
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Far-reaching : DRASTIC
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Suffix with different : IAL
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Where I-15 and I-70 cross : UTAH
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Land with a cavalry in Ezekiel : MAGOG
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Fountain locale : PLAZA
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Leap for Lipinski : LUTZ
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Special gift : ESP
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Hesitant question : DOIDARE
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Popular diner : TREATER
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Bar offerings : OYSTERS
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Response to a sales clerk : IMJUSTLOOKING
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Take-charge kind of guy : LEADEROFMEN
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Handy kitchen cooker : TOASTEROVEN
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Currently : ASOFNOW
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Home of Literature Nobelist Wole Soyinka : NIGERIA
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Cell part : ANODE
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An Adams : ANSEL
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Currency board abbr. : DOL
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One may get bonded : ION
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Agreements : ACCORDS
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English novelist Pym : BARBARA
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Without help : UNAIDED
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Beautiful women : VENUSES
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Knickknack holder : ETAGERE
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In other words : SOTOSAY
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Emote, with "up" : HAMIT
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"That's disgusting!" : YECCH
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Famed sewer : ROSS
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Big Apple park : SHEA
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"Woe ___" (classic book for "grammarphobes") : ISI
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Natl. League city : ATL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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